2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs

$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$44,757
Event Info
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$223,400
Entries
420
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Widman Survives, Macdonald Doesn't

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Andrew Macdonald moved all in for 86,000 and Kelvin Foster made the call. Ronald Widman also joined in calling all in for 50,000 total. The cards were turned over:

Macdonald: {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Foster: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Widman: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The flop was a great one for Widman as it came {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. The turn was the {7-Spades} and the river was the {7-Diamonds} and Widman tripled up to 175,000 while Foster took the side pot eliminating Macdonald in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Kelvin Foster
Kelvin Foster
425,000
-74,000
-74,000
Ronald Widman
Ronald Widman
175,000
100,000
100,000
Andrew Macdonald ca
Andrew Macdonald
Busted

Mann Gets Kings at the Right Time

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Mann
Nick Mann

It was folded to Gregg Fund in the small blind who moved all in. Nick Mann looked down at his two cards and quickly called. He had {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} and was well ahead of Fund and his {Q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

The board ran out {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Mann doubled up to 385,000 in chips and cut Fund's stack in half as he had 185,000 after the loss.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Mann us
Nicholas Mann
385,000
224,400
224,400
Gregg Fund
Gregg Fund
185,000
-408,000
-408,000

Tags: Gregg FundNick Mann

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Foster Starts With the Worst and Ends With the Best

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Kelvin Foster
Kelvin Foster

We didn't catch the pre-flop action but got to the table with three players all in and Ronald Widman the biggest of the three stacks in great shape to deliver a double knock out with {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}. His two opponents were Alexi Hernandez who had {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Kelvin Foster with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}.

All was looking good for Widman after a {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop but the turn card was the {4-Diamonds} giving Foster a flush draw. That was precisely what would come on the river in the form of the {10-Diamonds} and Foster scooped the massive pot eliminating Hernandez in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Kelvin Foster
Kelvin Foster
499,000
398,000
398,000
Ronald Widman
Ronald Widman
75,000
-54,200
-54,200
Alexi Hernandez us
Alexi Hernandez
Busted

Tags: Alexi HernandezKelvin FosterRonald Widman

Swanson Continues To Accumulate

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Swanson opened to 30,000 and Jeff Blessing moved all in and was quickly called by Swanson when action was back on him. Blessing held {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} but was behind the {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} that Swanson held.

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Blessing was eliminated. Swanson moved north of 800,000 in chips with the win.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Swanson
Chris Swanson
810,000
140,000
140,000
Jeff Blessing us
Jeff Blessing
Busted

Metajan the Latest Elimination

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament is down to 38 players and Jeff Metajan was the most recent elimination in 39th place when he flopped a pair of aces with {A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} on a {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} flop and was facing Ian Zeaman's bottom two pair as he had {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. The turn and river did not improve Metajan's hand and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Leone
Jason Leone
Busted
Jeff Metajan
Jeff Metajan
Busted
Anh Lu
Anh Lu
Busted
Robert Dugan
Robert Dugan
Busted
Bill Burdick
Bill Burdick
Busted
Ken Fishman us
Ken Fishman
Busted
Darin Thompson us
Darin Thompson
Busted